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Lecturer/Senior Lecturer (Teaching) Nutrition and Dietetics

University of Worcester · Severn, MD · 2 mo ago
EducationFull-time

About the role

We are looking for an enthusiastic and experienced Dietician to join the Department of Allied Health in the School of Health and Wellbeing. You will join a friendly and supportive team of physiotherapists, occupational therapists radiographers and dieticians, who play key roles in the delivery and on-going development of the courses in the Department.

Responsibilities

  • Leading modules and teaching on the Nutrition and Dietetics course, across all 3 years
  • Actively involved in curriculum development and design, creatively considering teaching and learning within a dynamic team
  • Participating in a variety of modules and other disciplines at foundation, under-graduate and post-graduate level where relevant
  • Working collaboratively as an inter-professional team across shared and profession specific modules at all academic levels
  • Serving as a Personal and Academic Tutor to support and encourage students to achieve their potential
  • Supervising students with their dissertation
  • Participating in admissions and recruitment events, working collaboratively with colleagues in IMPACT, the university service-user group
  • Playing an active role within the School, which may include involvement in the delivery of CPD activity across a range of programmes
  • Engaging in research and scholarly activity to enhance professional and academic development

Qualifications and requirements

  • Candidates are expected to highlight their areas of expertise in practice and how they intend to further this through scholarship and research
  • All staff are expected to engage in research and scholarly activity

Background

The School of Health and Wellbeing offers courses ranging from foundation degrees in various specialties in health and social care, to BSc (Hons) Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Radiography Dietetics and Social Work and Masters level study in a number of disciplines related to Health and Social Care. The School is also developing a range of new CPD provision. The wider College of Health, Life and Environmental Science has an exceptional reputation for excellence and the appointee will further develop the quality of our provision through strong collaboration with our practice partners.

Benefits

  • Annual incremental increase up to £43,482 for Lecturers and £56,535 for Senior Lecturers
  • 47 days of leave per year (inclusive of bank holidays and University closure days)
  • Access to a range of benefits such as our Staff Retail Benefits Scheme, Cycle to Work Scheme and Tusker Car Leasing
  • Wellbeing advice and support through our Employee Assistance Programme
  • In-house training and development support
  • A friendly, inclusive and supportive culture and work environment

For an informal queries, please contact Mark Gillett (Head of Department of Allied Health), m.gillett@worc.ac.uk.

Please note that if not already an employee of the University of Worcester, the appointed candidate will be employed through our subsidiary company Uniworc Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of University of Worcester. Appointees of Uniworc Limited will automatically be enrolled into the Aviva FlexHE defined contribution pension scheme (subject to earnings and other eligibility criteria).

Please note that this post may be eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa route if your individual circumstances enable this in accordance with the Skilled Worker visa rules. For more information on how the Skilled Worker visa rules may apply to you please visit: https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa

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